An upside-down world
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
How upside down is this state? Those who supported Democrat state senators leaving the state to prevent votes from taking place in the State Senate are now organizing a recall effort against a governor and four Republican state senators who were duly elected and who didn't try to obstruct democracy. With the recall effort in full swing, many people are asking what will happen. Will Walker survive? I'll look at certain political clues to predict the potential outcome.
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On Occupy Wall Street and Jon Corzine
Is it any wonder that there are protesters occupying Wall Street? (Okay, admittedly, many don't know what they are doing there ....) The American people are fed up with the taxpayers having to continually bail out the Wall Street investment banks and the market itself. What I find ironic, however, is how these occupiers rail against Wall Street but don't rail against the government for empowering those firms on Wall Street and don't criticize the government for continuing to bail out those firms.
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Mr. Ribble's take on D.C.
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
Americans like to complain about what's happening in Washington, D.C., but few of us have put it all on the line to actually do something about it. Well, business owner and roofing contractor
Reid Ribble of Green Bay did just that when he ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives last year, and won.
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Surprise!
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
Surprise! By now you've received from the state's unemployment insurance reserve fund a special assessment invoice demanding payment – payment for a bill you never budgeted or planned for (and which you never agreed to). And guess what? You're going to get another special assessment next year and probably the year after as well, so plan ahead when you do your 2012 budgeting.
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